The Ministry of Mining and Energy approved further works in the Cukaru Peki mine

The company Zijin Mining has been given permission today to carry out mining works on the exploration of the lower zone of the Cukaru Peki copper and gold deposit, thus enabling further development of this mine, which opened last year - the Ministry of Mining and Energy announced via its official website.

The Minister of Mining and Energy, Zorana Mihajlovic, spoke earlier today with representatives of the companies Zijin Mining and Zijin Copper about the mining activities and projects implemented by these companies.

Mihajlovic said that "the Ministry is always ready to help make the achievement of all projects, including projects in mining, as efficient as possible, however for all the mining activities, every legal prerequisite must be met, as well as all regulations and requirements concerning the protection of the environment".

As stated, they also discussed the photovoltaic solar park project planned by the Zijin Mining, for which, as stated, "the Ministry is ready to provide all kinds of support in order to more effectively implement this project."

Additionally, there was talk about the development of power-grid infrastructure, important for the stable supply of electricity to the Cukaru Peki mine, issues related to expropriation, miners' safety, environmental protection and other topics related to the mining activities of the Chinese companies.

The meeting was also attended by representatives of the City of Bor, Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Bor, as well as representatives of the Embassy of the People's Republic of China.

Grad Bor

Ministarstvo rudarstva i energetike Republike Srbije

Institut za rudarstvo i metalurgiju Bor

Ambasada NR Kine Beograd

Serbia Zijin Mining d.o.o. Bor

Serbia Zijin Copper doo Bor

City of Bor

Ministry of Mining and Energy of Serbia

Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Bor

Embassy of China

Zijin Mining

Zijin Cooper Serbia

Serbia Zijin Copper

Zorana Mihajlovic

Cukaru Peki mine

photovoltaic solar park

development of electric power infrastructure

land expropriation

miner safety